Proclamation 559—Enlargement of the Yellowstone Forest Reserve, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho

Whereas, the Yellowstone Forest Reserve, in the States of Wyoming and Montana, was established by proclamation, dated January twenty-ninth, one thousand nine hundred and three, under the provisions of the act of Congress, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, "An act to repeal timber-culture laws and for other purposes", and the act of Congress, approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled, "An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes";

And Whereas, it is provided by the aforesaid act of Congress, approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, that "The President is hereby authorized at any time to modify any Executive order that has been or may hereafter be made establishing any forest reserve, and by such modification may reduce the area or change the boundary lines of such reserve, or may vacate altogether any order creating such reserve"; under which provision the boundary lines of the said forest reserve were changed and the area thereof reduced by proclamation dated May fourth, nineteen hundred and four;

And Whereas, the public lands in the State of Idaho, within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation;

Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested by the aforesaid act of Congress, approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, do hereby make known and proclaim that there are hereby reserved from entry or settlement, and added to and made a part of the aforesaid Yellowstone Forest Reserve, all those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land lying and being situate in the State of Idaho and within the boundaries particularly described as follows:

Beginning at the point where the section line between Sections twenty (20) and twenty-nine (29), Township three (3) North, Range forty-six (46) East, Boise Base and Meridian, Idaho, intersects the western boundary of the Yellowstone Forest Reserve; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section nineteen (19), Township three (3) North, Range forty-five (45) East; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-four (24), Township three (3) North, Range forty-four (44) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section thirteen (13), said township; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-six (26), Township four (4) North, Range forty-four (44) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section twenty-three (23), said township; thence northerly to the northeast corner of Section fifteen (15), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section ten (10), said township; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Section four (4), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-three (33), Township five (5) North, Range forty-four (44) East; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Section thirty-two (32), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section twenty-nine (29), said township; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Section nineteen (19), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section eighteen (18), said township; thence northerly to the northeast corner of Township five (5) North, Range forty-three (43) East; thence westerly along the First (1st) Standard Parallel North to the north-west corner of Section five (5), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-two (32), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section three (3), Township four (4) North, Range forty-three (43) East; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section eleven (11) said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section fourteen (14), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section thirteen (13), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-four (24), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty (30), Township four (4) North, Range forty-four (44) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section thirty-one (31), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section eight (8), Township three (3) North, Range forty-four (44) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section sixteen (16), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-eight (28), said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of Section thirty-two (32), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-one (31), said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of Township two (2) North, Range forty-four (44) East; thence southerly to the south-west corner of said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section three (3), Township one (1) North, Range forty-four (44) East; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section fourteen (14), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-four (24), said township; thence southerly, allowing for the proper offset on the Base Line, to the south-west corner of Section four (4), Township one (1) South, Range forty-five (45) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section nine (9), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section ten (10), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section fifteen (15), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section fourteen (14), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-four (24), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section six (6), Town-ship two (2) South; Range forty-six (46) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section eight (8), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section twenty-one (21), said township; thence easterly along the section lines to the point of inter-section with the western boundary of the Yellowstone Forest Reserve; thence northerly along said boundary to the point of intersection with the section line between Sections twenty (20) and twenty-nine (29), Township three (3) North, Range forty-six (46) East, the place of beginning; such of the above-named corners as have not been established by the official surveys being intended to be located at the points where such corners would fall in projecting the surveys in the directions indicated without allowing for any irregularities which may occur in actually extending the surveys;

Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands which may have been, prior to the date hereof, embraced in any legal entry or covered by any lawful filing duly of record in the proper United States Land Office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, and the statutory period within which to make entry or filing of record has not expired: Provided, that this exception shall not continue to apply to any particular tract of land unless the entryman, settler or claimant continues to comply with the law under which the entry, filing or settlement was made.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to make settlement upon the lands reserved by this proclamation.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the city of Washington this 22d day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-ninth.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

By the President:

FRANCIS B. LOOMIS,

Acting Secretary of State.